The Big Ten announced the individual awards and All-Conference teams on Tuesday afternoon.
Caleb McConnell highlighted the selections for Rutgers by being named Co-Defensive Player of the Year, sharing the award with Northwestern’s Chase Audige.
McConnell led the conference in steals with 2.6 per game. In Big Ten play, he totaled 49 steals in 19 games. He becomes the first player to repeat as DPOY in the conference since Kenny Lowe of Purdue back in 2004. McConnell is also the first player to win the award twice overall since Ohio State’s Aaron Craft, who won his second award in 2014.